unsaturated fats
Heart-healthy dietary lipids
Unsaturated fats are dietary fats whose molecular chains contain one or more double bonds between carbon atoms, making them liquid at room temperature.
Found in olive oil, nuts, avocados, and fish, they're generally considered healthier than saturated fats: Switch to unsaturated fats for better heart health.
Monounsaturated fats have one double bond; polyunsaturated fats have multiple.
- fatty acidsOrganic molecules in fats
- canola oilPressed seed cooking fat
- nut oilsFats pressed from seeds
- cooking oilsLiquid fats for food preparation
- triglyceridesThree-chained fat molecules
lipids · double bonds · hydrogenation · oils · heart health · heart-healthy diet · Mediterranean diet · avocado oil · fats · cholesterol · good cholesterol · essential fatty acids · dressing · omega-3 · flaxseed · salmon · golden · sunflower
- fatty acidsalpha-linolenic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, acetic acid, fatty acids, DHA
- nutrientsprotein, vitamins, fats, minerals, vitamin
- organic compoundshydrocarbon, alcohol, alkane, ethane, propane
- Fats and Oilsvegetable oil, olive oil, coconut oil, canola oil, sunflower oil
- spoilagerotten, stale, moldy, rotting, spoiled
- membranescell membrane, plasma membrane, cell membranes, nuclear membrane, basement membrane
unsaturated fatssaturated fats
Fully hydrogenated fatty acids
trans fats · butter · lard · coconut oil · tallow
saturated, saturate, saturation, unsaturated, saturates, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, desaturated, desaturate